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E. S. ULLMANN.

APPARATUS FOR MOORING AIRSHIPS.

APPLICAUON HLED SEPT. 4. I919.

Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

6 SHEETS-SHEET E. S. ULLMANN.

APPARATUS FOR moomws AIRSHIPS.

APPLICATION flLED SEPT. 4', 19l9.

& INVENTOR .W g golwl I ATTORNEY E. S. ULLMANN.

APPARATUS FUR MOORING AmsmPs.

APPLICATION HLED SEPT. 4, 19H? Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

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APPARATUS FOR MOORING AIRSHIPS.

APPUCAT'ON HLED SEPT. 4. 1919.

1,35 1,93 1 Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

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Mignon: m BY QM; (I Q ATTORN EY E. S. ULLMANN.

APPARATUS FOR MODRING AiRSHlPS.

AIPLlCATiOix FILED SW? 4, 29m.

Patented Spt. 7,1920,

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S BY M MA a Z a ATTORNEY E. S, ULLMANN;

APPARATUS FUR MOURENS AIRSHIPS.

APPucMmu FILED swim 19:9.

1,35 1,93 1 Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

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Sis a detail view 8,.9 and lo described.

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mqoreq wstatibnazy ilevigaa 11, yhich. may

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or otherwise suitably secured to the upper part of the post 11 is a. plate 12 (see urticularl Figs. 8 and 4) "the upper sur ace of whic is provided with an annular channel for the reception of ballbeerings 13. I further provide a swinging mom-in? member, pivotelly secured to said plate 2, consisti of a. pair of channel-irons 14 connecte and braced b members 15. The inner ends of the cng e-irons 14 are rigidly secured ton 'member 16,"the lower surface of which is channeled to receive the "ball bearings l3 and which is adapted torotate upon said ball beerin snd is pivotclly secured to the plate 12 a bolt l7jor inany suitable manner. To 510 other side of the member 16 are secured similar, though shorter, channel-irons 18, secured and braced to ether similarly to the channel-irons 14..

n :1. circular line around the central post 11, and at a distance therefrom a proximately e ual to the length of the c mnnelirons I4 provide at suitable intervals posts 20' substantially similar in constrnctionto the post 11. Supported uponthese posts 20 is a stationary guideway consisting in the form'illustrated oft, circular channel-iron 21, extending, either continuously or in a number of sections as may be most convenient, all around the circle, a break in the upper portio'n'of which is preferably rov1 e'd et some pert of'the' circle, whic is covered by a removable plate 22, wbich can be taken-oil for the purpose oflifti out the swinging mooring member slioulc the some be necessary for the pin-pose of repairin the sameor otherwise.

' To the outer ends of'the channel-irons 14 issecuredn member 23 in which are journaled wheels or rollers 24, 25 and 26, which bear respectively a uinst the upper, outer and lower arts of t e channel-iron 21.

The sai swi mooring member is provided with, a semes of rings 27, on the portion'tliereof formed by the channel-irons 18 as well as that formed by the channelirons 14, said rings being adapted to receive the cables 28. or other means (see Fig. '1. by which the dirigible is to'be moore e'se 27 are preferably connectedto the bracing members 15 by means of a. swivel 29,113 showumore particularly in the detail View Fig; 5'. I

The operzttlon of this embodiment or modification ofmy invention will, I think, he ,sufliciently obvious from the" above description off'its construction. It will be member 18 with to whichfthe dirigible is moored :88 above described, beingv pivotally secured to the central post 11 is iree to swing around into any ition' Into which the diri ible secur thereto may be impelled by t e wind currents, and that the outer end of the moorin member is securely held by means of thee em el-iron 21 nfiuinst upward movement. It will readily e seen that by emplaying this construction the dirigible may securel moored and yet be perfectly free to swing in response to varying directions of the wind, in such 0. manner as to prevent any injury to the same while moormg it as long as required and yet permittin r the some to be quickly released when it is (esired that the same should resume its journey.

In carrying intocfl'ect my invention in the embo iment or modification which is shown in Fi%s. 6 and T, which is adapted more purticu arly for the reception of seroplanes or hesvier-thnnnir machines, I provide a central 0st, here designated 40, userics of circum eren'tia'l posts 41 a. swinging mooring member comprisin channel-irons 42 and 43 and bracing mem rs 44; also a. circumfcrentially urmnfied chunnehiron 45 in which the outer en of the swinging mooring member runs, the slime being rovided with wheels or rollers 46, 47 an 48, all of which are nnalogous'to and operate in the same manner as corresponding arts in the embodiment of my invention w icl1 has already been described. In this form of mg invention, however, I' provide certain 21 ditionnl elementsas follows: To the chunncl-irons 42 I secure a superstructure comprisingmembers 50.npon which are supported transverse beams 51 which in their turn support longitudinal beams'52, which are channeled or. grooved to formtrsrckways for the wheels of an aeroplane. The longitudinal beams 52 are secured to the transverse beams 51b means of bolts 53 which-pass through the ems 52 and engage with slots 54 in the transverse beams 51 this construction permitti the longitudinal beams 52 to be adjusts at various distancesffi'om each other so as to accommodate the wheels of different sizes of aeroplanes. Ropes or similar securing devices 55 are rovided to prevent the longitudinal beams 2 from separatin too far, end said beams 52 may be secure y attached at any desired position upon the transverse beams 51 by tightenin the nuts of. the bolts 53 in a manic: whi will be obvious The outer ends .ofthe beams 52 are, as is clearly shown in F 6, elevated sulliclently to clear the chenne -iron 45 when swinging 'eround, and in' order to' connect these elevated outer ends with the ground I provide members 56, hinged to the members 52 at 57, and channels similarly to" the members 52, which when in the owered position shown in Fi 6 are edepted to permit the aeroplane to e rolled up or down thereu on to or from the members 52, but which w en the aeroplane is upon the members 52 may 1 shown in be hin ed u ward so as to clear the ground and a] ow t e apparatus to swing into any position, as it ma be imcpelled by the changmg direction of t e win A series of rings 58 are provided upon the beams 52, to which way as to be easily removable therefrom mg member mounted to after the aeroplane has been rolled upon the superstructure and laid aside until needed, when they may be replaced.

In order to insure the proper swinging of the device, so that the aeroplane may always present its head to the wind, I provide the devices shown more particularly in Figs. 8, 9 and 10 (on an enlarged scale). These comprise a frame 60, provided at its lower part'with tongues or tenons 61 adapted to e inserted in sockets at 62 in the longitudinal beams 52. This frame 60 is covered with sail-cloth 63 or other suitable material, and the devices, one for each side, when in place on the beams 52, form vanes upon which the wind may act in order to swing the apparatus around.

The operation of this embodiment of my invention will be entirely obvious from what has already been said, and I do not think it peclessary to describe the same more partied ar y.

It will be obvious that my invention may be constructed in various other forms and embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the same. The particular type of foundation structure or swinging mooring member, or any of the other parts, is not essential, and any substantially similar form of the same ma be employed. I consider that the spirit 02 my invention involves the provision of a pivotally secured device to which the dirigible or aeroplane may be secured and whi h is free to swing in any direction as the dirigible or aeroplane is acted'upon by var ing currents of wind.

The advanta s o my invention have been particularly pointed out in the-above description of the same, and will be clearl obvious from what has been above said, and I do not think it necessary to treat further of the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. An apparatus for mooring air-ships comprising a fixed support, a pivoted moorturn on said support and provided with means for the engagement of the mooringro es of an airship, and means for holding said mooring member against upward movement, including a stationary guideway in which the outer pormember is adapted to tion of said moorin it is held against uptravel and by whic ward movement.

2. An apparatus for mooring airships comprising a fixed support, a pivoted mooring member mounted to turn on said support and provided with means for the engagcment of the mooring ropes of an airship. and means for holding saidmooring member against upward movement, including a circular stationary guideway in which the other portion of said mooring member is adapted to travel and by which it is held against upward movement.

3. in an apparatus for mooring airships the combination with a mooring member, ot

' devices adapted to secure the same pivotally to the ground, and devices at one end of said mooring member adapted to secure the same against upward movement: sald devices comprising a circumferentially located channel member adapted to receive in its channel the outer end of said mooring member and secure the same against vertical movement while permitting the same to swing laterally in either direction.

4. In an apparatus for mooring airships the combination with a mooring member, 0 devices adapted to secure the same pivotally to the ground, and devices at one end of said mooring member adapted to secure the same against upward movement: said devices comprising a circumferentially located channel member adapted to receive in its channel the outer end of said mooring member and secure the same against vertical movement while permitting the same to swing laterally in either direction, said mooring member being provided with a roller at said outer end adapted to bear against said channel member.

5. In an a paratus for mooring airships, the combination with a mooring member and devices adapted to secure the samepivotally to the ground of a superstructure upon said mooring member adapted to receive and support an aeroplane, and devices swin ingly attached to said su erstructure'and a apted when in a lowers position to bridge the space between the outer end of said superstructure and the ground whereby an aeroplane may be moved from the ground to said superstructure and vice versa.

6. In an apparatus for mooring air-ships, the combination with a mooring member and devices adapted to secure the same pivotally to the ground, of a superstructure upon said mooring member adapted to receive and support an aeroplane, and devices remcv ably secured to said suiml'fittmmmm mid adapted when in positionto bridge the space between the outer end of said superstructure and the ground whereby an aeroplane may be moved from the ground to said superstructure and vice versa.

7. An apparatus for mooring 'nirships ing it irm? upport :1 swinging lt'uttil to sold support anal. ans tor the engagement of of an airship, beams n mooring member ,wl m' upposiiv siilvs s nionnirrl on Hiail a'iilrei with groom-s ound winsis of airioliling said swinging Against up xi movonarnt wllilo nut: m {in Znwm i li'lfillill- ;i-:r:l moniiwr tXl fl'iigjiti by said swingm'iolm" a on apparatus for mooring ail-ships. I: i1.ombinzitionwithii mooring member and rim m iie'iapi'wl to wrure the some pivotzilly to tho wont oi u impel-structure upon said int-flaring nnwslirr anliipteil to receive 21ml up 'turt :Us r wnplzmv, min mising a plurality o imam klrir' Warns sm'mjocl to said mooring lllQlillHft and a plurality of longitudinal iounis :uljustnbly sown-ml to said transverse pious booms and adapted to support an aeroplane or the like.

9. An apparatus for mooring airships comprising :1 fixed support. n pivoted mooring member mounted to turn on said support and provided with means for the engagement of the mooring ropes of an airship, means or holding said. mooring member against upward movement, including a stationary gunk-way in which the outer portion of said mooring member is adapted to travel and h wliich it is held against upward movement. 2i superstructure upon said mooring member adapted to receive and support an airplane, and means mounted upon said superstructm'e independently of such airplane and adapted to be acted upon by air ourrents to swing said mooring member and its superstructure later-all Signed at New York city, this 3d day of September, 1919.

EMANUEL S. ULLMAN N. 

